Alexander Barr (born January 21, 1968) is an American musician. He has been the

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of the

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since 1998. He was also a founder and lead singer for The Bruisers, which he helped form in 1988 in

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. His first band circa 1984, was called D.V.A. (Direct Vole Assault). He also went on to front 5 Balls of Power, with future members of

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, The Radicts, L.E.S. Stitches, and US Bombs, before he formed The Bruisers. His band the Bruisers had played many shows with

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's Dropkick Murphys, and when Dropkick lead singer

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quit the band in 1998 the Murphys asked Barr to be the new lead singer. The first album the Dropkick Murphys released with Barr as singer was 1999's '' The Gang's All Here''.

Personal life

Barr is of paternal Scottish descent and maternal German descent. He makes German-language remarks to audiences in German-speaking countries. In December 2003, Barr and his wife Jessica had their first child, Strummer Barr, who was named after

Joe Strummer John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British singer, musician and songwriter. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash, ...

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. They had their second child, a daughter, December 7th 2008, and their third child and second son on October 10th, 2012. In February 2022 it was announced that Barr was forced to drop off of the Dropkick Murphys' 2022 St. Patrick’s Day Tour and their 2022 summer tour in

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to take care of his ailing mother, who is battling

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. Jesse Ahern, Mikey Rivkees of The Rumjacks, and Jen Razavi of The Bombpops will be assisting on vocals for certain songs in place of Barr, with

Ken Casey Kenneth William Casey Jr. (born April 15, 1969) is an American musician who is a bass guitarist, primary songwriter, and one of the lead singers of the Boston Celtic punk group the Dropkick Murphys. Casey was one of the original members, start ...

taking over other vocal duties for Barr.

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